Non-refillable bottle.



No. 819,490. PATENTED MAY 1, 1906. E. K. WOOD.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

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NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1, 1906.

Application filed June 27, 1905. Serial No. 267,208.

`To a/ZZ whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, EUGENIO KINOAID WOOD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of San Francisco,in the countyof San Francisco and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Im rove-` ments in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvementin nonreiillable bottles, having for an obj ect to provide a novel construction from which the liquid may be poured and which will prevent the refilling of the bottle; andthe invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional View of a neck of abottle provided. with my improvements, the latter being shownin elevation and the bottle being shownvu right with the parts in position to prevent t e reasv filling of the bottle. Fig. 2 is a sectional View ofthe bottle-neck and the improved devices with the parts in the same position they occupy in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a Isectional view of the bottle-neck provided with the improved devices, the latter being shown in section and in position to permit the contents of the bottle to be poured out. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the main tube. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the upper cross-plate. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the cover-slide. Fig. 7 is a detail view of the valve, and Fig. 8 is a detail view of the lower cross-plate. v

The bottle-neck A is provided at its mouth at B with a seat for a cork C and is also provided below said seat B with an outwardly facing shoulder D and betweenthe same and the seat B with a groove E, the shoulder D and groove E being within the bottle-neck and arranged as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

The main tube F, upper cross-plate G, cover-slide H, valve I, and lower cross-plate J are preferably made separate and readily detachable, as will be understood from Figs. 4 to 8, and may be made of glass, aluminium, or other suitable material. In practice they are so formed as to fit together, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, so they can be readily as sembled, as will be understood from the drawings. The arts when assembled are placed in the bott e-neck with the cross-plate J resting against the shoulder D and the gasket K seated in the groove G of the top plate sprung into the groove E of the bottle-neck,

the said top plate G bearing downwardly against the shoulder F on the outer side ofthe main tube F and operating to secure the said main tube yin position bearing against the lower cross-plate J, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The lower cross-plate J, as shown in Figs. l, 2, and 8, is provide'l with the bottom plate J', a central opening-J2, an upwardly-proj ecting rim-flange J 3, and an inner upwar.. lyeproj ecting flange J4, the latter surrounding the open center of the lower cross-plate, as shown. This lower cross-plate forms a seat for the valve I, which is preferably a cup or bucket shaped valve opening outwardly toward the mouth of the bottle-neck and seating at its closed lower en'l upon the lower cross-plate J. In the construction shown in Fig. 2 the crossplate J is provided within the flange J4 with an inwarly-projecting lip portion J5, upon which the valve I seats, while in the construction shown in Fig. 3 such lip or flange J5 is omitted Aand the bucket-valve I seats upon the upper edge of the inner surrounding flange J4.

The main tube F rests at its lower edge Fz upon the' lower cross-plate. In the construction shownin Fig. 2 this bearing is effected upon the lip J5, the main tube fitting within the ange J4, while inthe construction shown in Fig..3 the main tube .F fits at its lower end around the outer side of the flange J4. Either of these constructions may be employed, as desired. As best shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the main tube F is open at its lower end, is closed at its upper or outlet end by a top platel F3,4 and is provided with side openings F4 and F5, the openings F4 being arranged near the Outer end of the main tube and above the shoulder F, while the Openings F5 are spaced below the shoulder F, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4.

The upper cross-plate G is provided with a central opening G2, which fits snugly over thel main tube F and permits the said cross-plate G to rest down against the shoulder F ofthe main tube and below the lateral openings F4 in said main tube, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. This plate G is provided with a depending tube G5, which extends downwardly around the main tube, preferably to a point about in line with the lower walls ofthe opening F5 or slightly below the said walls, as will be understood from Figs. 2 and 3, and the tube G3 is spaced apart from the main tube a sufficient distance to permit lthe cover-slide to operate between the saidY tubes F and G5,

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as will be understood from Figs. 2 and 3. The upper cross-plate G is also provided with openings G4 outside of the tube G3 to permit the passage of liquid, as will bel understood from Figs. 2 and 3.

The cover-slide H is tubular and encircles the main tube and slides thereon between the lower cross-plate and the upper cross-plate. This cover-slide H has a lateral wing H', which forms astop to engage the inner end of the tube G3 of the plate G and is also provided with an outwardly-projecting tubular portion H2, which is of such length as to terminate short of the outer edges of the openings F5 when the cover-slide drops down along the main tube to a position where its valve-flange H will bear against the lower edge of the tubular portion G3 of the outer cross-plate G. The purpose of this coverslide is to provide a valve which will adjust liquid from passing through the openings G4 and thence through the openin F5 into the bottle. If it be attempted to ill the bottle when the latter is in an upright position,

such operation will be prevented by the lucket-valve resting in the position shown in In pouring liquid from the bottle the latter may be inverted, and the bucket-valve will pass to the outer end of the main tube, as shown in Fig. 3, the opening F4 at the outer end of the main tube venting the latter so the bucket-valve may move to its eXtreme outer position and the liquid in the bottle pass out of the opening F5 and bear against the valveplate H of the cover-slide, thus forcing said slide back o of its seat at the inner end of the tube G3, as shown in Fig. 3, the liquid then passing out through the openings G4 as desired.

It will be noticed that the devices for preventing refilling of the bottle are secured in the neck of the bottle by means of the packing-ring K, seated in the groove E in the neck of the bottle and securing the said devices with the lower cross-plate bearing against the shoulder D, as before described. Sufficient room is left within the said devices to receive an ordinary cork in order to securely close the neck of the bottle.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The herein-described device for preventing the refilling of bottles consisting of a lower cross-plate having an open center, an upwardly-proj ecting iange surrounding the center, and a lip projecting inwardly beyond the said flange, a main tube fitting at its lower end Within the ange of the cross-plate and bearing against the lip thereof, said main tube being closed at its outer end, provided adjacent thereto with vent-openings, below the said vent-openings with a shoulder on its outer side, and below said shoulder with openings for the passage of liquid from the bottle, an upper cross-plate having a central opening to t over the main tube and bearing against the shoulder thereon, and provided with a depending tube surrounding the main tube and spaced apart therefrom, the said crossplate provided outside 'the said depending tube with openings for the passage of liquid, a cover-slide fitting over the main tube and having a tubular portion operating between the same and the depending tube of the crossplate and also provided with a valve-plate to Seat against the said depending plate of the cross-plate, and a valve operating within the main tube and movable therein in both directions to points beyond the openings in said tube for the passage of liquid, substantially as set forth.

2. The herein-described device for preventing the refilling of bottles consisting of an upper cross-plate, a lower cross-plate, a main tube extending between the said plates and vented at its outer end and provided between the said cross-plates with an opening for the passage of liquid, a valve operating in the main tube to points on opposite sides of the opening for the passage of liquid, and a slide fitting over the main tube and movable thereon, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination in a non-refillable bottle of a main tube, the lower cross-plate, the upper cross-plate having a depending tubular apron, outlet-openings being provided in the main tube within the said apron, a coverslide operating on the main tube and having a valve seating against the inner end of the depending tube ofthe cross-plate, and avalve operating in the main tube, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination in a non-refillable bottle with the main tube having an opening for the passage of liquid, a lower cross-plate and an outer cross-plate having openings for the passage of liquid, of a cover-slide operating along the main tube and adapted to permit the passage of liquid from the main tube to the openings in the outer cross-plate and to prevent a reverse flow of liquid, and a valve operating in the main tube and a seat for said valve, substantially as described.

5. The combination in a non-refillable bottle of a lower cross-plate, an outer cross-plate having an opening for a main tube, a main tube iitting in said opening and seating against IOO IIO

passage of liquid, a lower crossplate and an.

upper cross-plate having openings for the passage of liquid and a depending tube overlying 1 the oulet-opening in the Inain tube and spaced l from said tube, and a cover-slide movable Io along the main tube and having a valve portion seating against the depending tube of the cross-plate, substantially as described.

`EUGENIO KINCAID WOOD.

Witnesses:

SoLoN C. KEMON, PERRY B. TURPIN. 

